Montana § 72-3-1013 Limitation On Actions Against Distributees

Montana Statutes

§ 72-3-1013 — Limitation On Actions Against Distributees

Montana § 72-3-1013

Title 72ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

Ch. 3UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION

Part 10Closing Estates

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Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-1013 (2026).

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72-3-1013 . Limitation on actions against distributees.

(1)Unless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or in a proceeding settling the accounts of a personal representative or otherwise barred, the claim of any claimant to recover from a distributee who is liable to pay the claim and the right of any heir or devisee or of a successor personal representative acting in their behalf to recover property improperly distributed or the value thereof from any distributee is forever barred at the later of 3 years after the decedent's death or 1 year after the time of distribution, but all claims of creditors of the decedent are barred 1 year after the decedent's death.

(2)This section does not bar an action to recover property or value received as the result of fraud.

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72-3-1013 . Limitation on actions against distributees. (1) Unless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or in a proceeding settling the accounts of a personal representative or otherwise barred, the claim of any claimant to recover from a distributee who is liable to pay the claim and the right of any heir or devisee or of a successor personal representative acting in their behalf to recover property improperly distributed or the value thereof from any distributee is forever barred at the later of 3 years after the decedent's death or 1 year after the time of distribution, but all claims of creditors of the decedent are barred 1 year after the decedent's death.
(2) This section does not bar an action to recover property or value received as the result of fraud.